Re: Refused Are Not Fucking Dead

Re: Refused Are Not Fucking Dead

I never thought this would ever happen....i remember the first time i heard shape of punk album and i asked, "When can i see them live." My heart was crushed when i was told they were no longer a band. This has been a long time coming and i will NOT miss them.

Re: Refused Are Not Fucking Dead

this a one off?
"As all this was brewing, Coachella got in touch. There were a couple of phone-calls, lots of skepticism, some hesitant enthusiasm before one of us basically said: "- This is ridiculous. There are friends of ours who would murder close relatives just to go see bands there. Let's just do it, one last time."

Re: Refused Are Not Fucking Dead

Originally Posted by JustSteve

this a one off?
"As all this was brewing, Coachella got in touch. There were a couple of phone-calls, lots of skepticism, some hesitant enthusiasm before one of us basically said: "- This is ridiculous. There are friends of ours who would murder close relatives just to go see bands there. Let's just do it, one last time."

Re: Refused Are Not Fucking Dead

Re: Refused Are Not Fucking Dead

All the punk kids I know are bitching about how Refused have sold their souls and gone against everything they stand for by playing Coachella. Forgive me for failing to understand the complex capitalist dynamics of Goldenvoice, who they seemed to not have a problem with when they went to their Descendents/Bad Religion shows in December...

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Hey, has anyone listened to their prior stuff? Turns out Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent doesn't have the genre experimentation, but it has the extended song structures, tight playing and intensity of the Shape of Punk to Come. In other words, it's spectacular and suddenly I want to hear them do older music.

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Originally Posted by pachucasunrise

All the punk kids I know are bitching about how Refused have sold their souls and gone against everything they stand for by playing Coachella. Forgive me for failing to understand the complex capitalist dynamics of Goldenvoice, who they seemed to not have a problem with when they went to their Descendents/Bad Religion shows in December...

Refused has a great "breakup" story, I'm more upset about them ruining that perfect ending to the story then I am about them "selling out", or w/e.

And by more upset, I mean not at all, because now I get to see fucking Refused.

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Originally Posted by bmack86

Hey, has anyone listened to their prior stuff? Turns out Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent doesn't have the genre experimentation, but it has the extended song structures, tight playing and intensity of the Shape of Punk to Come. In other words, it's spectacular and suddenly I want to hear them do older music.

did you never listen to the older material until now? (im honestly asking, not snarky)